[Dspace-general] Change the way the collection list is displayed in submit link with JSPUI

[Lozeau Patrick Michael]

(Sorry for cross-posting, I tried dspace-tech Monday with no luck.)

 

Hi,

 

I'm trying to modify how the collection list is displayed in the first step of the submission process. 

 

I'm aware of the Manakin solution proposed on the DSpace wiki: (http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Change_the_way_the_collection_list_is_displayed_in_submit_link_%28Manakin%29). 

 

But we are currently running DSpace 1.5.1 with the JSPUI interface and have a different problem.

 

We are implementing mandatory ETD submission in the fall and will be increasing the number of Thesis & Dissertations collections in the repository. There will be a collection for each faculty or department administrative process. (I would say around 25 different collections.)

 

We currently repeat the name of the community in the collection name for all the other collections in the repository. (i.e. "Faculty/Department XYZ - Publications")

 

I was thinking of inverting this so that all thesis collections start with "Thesis & Dissertations - Faculty/Department XYZ". That way, they would all show up at the end of the collection list grouped together. (Easier for the students to find.)

 

So, any solutions or ideas on displaying the list of collections in a better way would be appreciated. If you see any future problems with my proposed solution, I would appreciate the heads up.

 

Thanks for reading 'till the end! :o)

 

Patrick M. Lozeau, M.I.S.

Librarian · Digital Libraries

Direction des bibliothèques

Université de Montréal

 

514-343-6111 #5225

pm.lozeau at umontreal.ca <mailto:pm.lozeau at umontreal.ca> 

 

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